Visible lubricant dispensing means



Sept. 5, 1933. G. A. HILL VISIBLE LUBRICANT DISPENSING MEANS Filed May 26, 1932 FIG. 1

INVENTOR. Gay fl. Hz 22 BY ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 5, 1933 r 1,925,248

* UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1,925,248 VISIBLE LUBRICANT DISPENSING MEANS Guy A. Hill, Wichita, Kans; Application May 26, 1932. Serial No. 613,599 2 Claims. (01. 221 100 My invention relates to a visible lubricant upper end is secured by a plate 13 tensioned by a dispensing means. pair of screws 14 pivotally engaging in their re- The object of my invention is to associate the spective ends of the plate and threadedly engagsaid means with a clear vision pump and carried ing in the threaded apertures 15 oppositely posi- 5 thereby. tioned in the upper head 4. Each of the said A further object of my invention is to provide screws have a knurled head 15 as turning means a simple and efiicient means to attach the visible therefor, functioning as a strut to snugly engage dispensing means to a clear vision pump. between the upper and lower heads of the clear These and other objects will hereinafter be more vision pump container.

10 fully explained, reference being had to the accom- Positioned on the upper side at each end of panying drawing forming a part of this specificaplate 13 is a flexible disc 17 that is preferably made tion, and in which like characters will apply to like of rubber to avoid movement as the same is fricparts in the different views. tionally engaged.

Referring to the drawing:- In the upper head is an aperture 18 as shown 5 Fig. 1 is an elevation of the upper portion of a by dotted lines and thru which the tube is filled clear vision pump with the visible lubricant diswith lubricant. The said aperture is threaded to pensing means attached. receive a threaded stud 19 as closing means there- Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a fragmentary porfor, and to avoid a vacuum when lubricant is betion of the clear vision pump and visible lubricant ing drawn from the tube, I have provided an 20 dispensing means. orifice 20 axially positioned in the stud as a vent. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the top head of the While I have shown my invention as detube. scribed as being attached to a clear vision pump Fig. 4 is a side view of the head of the tube. I do not wish to be restricted to such alone as Fig. 5 is an inverted plan view of the lower head the same may be applied to other style of pumps,

25 0f the tubeor may be supported otherwise by p oper bear- F 6 is a top plan View of the expansion plateings, and between which the strut arrangement My invention consists of a transparent tube 1 will fu ti n However, the purpose is to functioning as a container for oil as a lubricant. Vertise by visible means and sell lubricant to be Spaced on the tube longitudinally is a plurality mixed with gasoline and inasmuch as the 30 of graduations 2 being numbered consecutively ferred Oil is unflammable it serves Well as a from the top downward mach space between lubricant for the valves and tends to dissolve raduations contem lates one ounce or other rogortions as desired p p carbon deposit, and such other modifications may Secured to the lower end of the tube is a head 3 be employefi as he wlthm the scope of the 7 35 and to the upper end a head 4, the said head being pended clalmstensioned to their respective ends of the tube by Having fully described my lnventlon What I a rod 5 axially extending thru the t b a d t claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patsioned by a nut 6, the other end having a head '7 e111? to abutt on the lower head oil tight. Each of the In a Visible dispensing means for lubricant,

49 said heads are bored to receive its respective end. in Combination i a C e Vision pu p having 9 of the tube snugly, and having in the bottom twa d y projecting head members, a transthereof a gasket packing 8 on which the ends of parent tube having graduation marks s e the tube will rest as an oil tight sealing means. h eal g and being numbered consecutively The lower head has a pet cock 9 outwardly exfrom the top downward, a head seated on the 45 tending and thru which the lubricant is dispensed. lower end of the tube and having a groove to An end portion of head 3 is arcuate, the radiusof engage with the extension of the lower head of the which is drawn from the axis of the clear vision clear vision pump, and a pet cock positioned in pump, and being so arranged it will conform to the head, a head on the other end of the tube, the periphery of the container 10 of the clear said head having a pair of threaded apertures H g 5 vision pump. Spaced from the edge thereof is a oppositely positioned therein, and means to comgroove 11 paralleling the end and adapted to seat press the heads to snug engagement with their on an annular tongue 12 positioned on the lower respective ends of the tube, a strut element carhead of the said container 10, the latter arrangeried by the upper head consisting of a plate ment being the method of securing my visible and a screw threadedly engaging in each of the 5 lubricant dispensing means at the lower end. The apertures, the plate to frictionally engage on the no vision pump container, the upper head having accessible means to the interior of the tube for filling the same with lubricant and being provided with an orifice to avoid a vacuum, a plate and screw elements carried by the upper head as expanding means to frictionally engage the plate with the upper head of the clear vision pump container, all as and for the purpose specified.

GUY A. HILL. 

